Hame-fastener



(Model.)-

. E. BOUGHEY.

Hame Fastener.

No. 243,426. Patenied June 28,1881

In veal??? 77 iiizesses:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELI BOUOHEY, OF AMESBURY, ASSIGNOR TO GEORGE P. BISHOP, OF NEWBURYPORT,MASSACHUSETTS.

HAM E-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 243,426, dated June 28,1881.

Application filed J annary 10, 1881. (Model) To all whom it may concernBe it known that I, ELI BOUCHEY, of Amesbury, in the county of Essex andState of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Hame Fasteners; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings,which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is aperspective view, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in bothfigures.

This invention relates to hame-faseners; and it consists in certainimprovements in the construction of the same, which will be hereinafterfully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings hereto annexed, A and 13 represent the two parts of myimproved harnefastener, each consisting of a slightlycurved plate,provided at its outer end with a hook or other suitable means, 0 G, forattachment to the hame. The plate A is provided at its inner end withtwo downward-projecting lugs, D D, between which is pivoted alever-catch, E, the lower end of which is weighted, and provided with athumb-piece, F, by which it may be operated. The upper end-or catch ofthe lever E projects upward into a slot, G, in plate A, which forms astop, as shown.

The plate Bis provided with a series of slots,

H, in any one of which the lever-catch may be the drawings.

The front edges of the plates A and B are provided withdownward-projectin g loops I I, in which the forefingers may be placedfor the purpose of adjusting the fastening.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawingshereto annexed, the operation and advantages of my invention will bereadily understood.

My improved hame-fastener is simple, and may be manufactured at atrifling cost. It is durable in all its parts, and easily adjusted oropened whenever required. Nor will it come undone when the team, as ingoing downhill, is required to hold back.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States The hame-fastener composed of theplate A, slotted at G, and provided with the hook G, lugs D D,lever-catch E I and loop I, and plate B, having a series of transverseslots, H, and provided with the hook O and loop I, constructed andcombined substantially as and for the purpose herein shown and setforth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

, ELI BOUGHEY.

Witnesses:

J. BURTON Ronenus, ROBERT H. COWAN.

